The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in ...

The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in Tamil. In this second and final part, the focus would be on the regress and ...

Tamil electorate on a new path Eradication of the LTTE is no longer a major issue at national or lower level elections in Sri Lanka. Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s superlative performance in the Northern ...

A high-level meeting with the fishermen associations in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province should be arranged to facilitate direct talks with the fishermen from Tamil Nadu, he added. “The Sri ...

This year the scaled-down Independence Day celebrations were just right. There was pageantry but no pomp. We must celebrate Independence Day and fortunately it was done. Every item was commendable: ...

Whether we sing the anthem in Tamil or not, Sinhala is considered the prominent language, because it is the language of the majority, said others.” The national anthem of Sri Lanka is not a mere song ...

The India-Sri Lanka fisheries conflict, involving fishermen from Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, has persisted for well over a decade, with Indian fishermen periodically facing arrest for fishi ...

The single National Anthem personifies that aspect. The action of 2016 Independence Day created a division not a reconciliation of any sort. A Tamil language translation has been now brought up in the ...

The commemoration of our regaining independence 77 years ago in a frugal manner was commendable. In the future too, it would be more meaningful to celebrate it in a more appropriate indigenous manner.

It is curated by eminent historian Dr Himanshu Prabha Ray, former director of the National Mission for Monuments ... empire's political engagement with Sri Lanka. She also investigates the ...